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WES AE SREESAESIOWRT Ss SNEEEL SN past Sis aliabilnt at Sui ahte Ll SRE ads pu i Lh ei EE Ela AA nT II TH. 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 14 1988 Letters LL \ It just goes keeps going round and round (From page 5) and they each put $200 into the pot for us to do preliminary drawings. (We hired an Engineer). In the spring of 1985 we struck a committee to prepare a presen- tation to council, Jack Cottrell, Greg Heffering, myself, Glenn McCoy, Stu Diceman, Ron Death, Don Harper and Guy Latreille...all representing various clubs and groups...! Council referred it to a formal Study! Our committee was join- ed by Howard Hall and Harvey Graham, representing council, and our mandate was to approach the Province of Ontario for shared funding...of the Study! The Cost...approximately $26,000. One "half from Scugog and One half from the Province. We set the specifications and in- terviewed several professional study groups and settled on one to Demands (From page 5) into our office. Who does Council think looks after the office in the absence of management staff? The every day work does not come to a halt until their return. May we suggest at this time, that Council Members be in the Municipal Office attempting to help our Management Staff, and maybe then they will discover a little more about the duties our jobs consist of and why we believe we are not asking for the world. (Signed) Muriel Crawford for the Inside Worker CUPE Local 1785 Township of Scugog do the job. We met with this group for updates for most of 1986! Our group met twice monthly for almost 18 months! The Study Group, Sesquaig, held hearings, met with interest groups and prepared a report with some 85 recommendations for the present and future recreational needs of the Township of Scugog! What I am saying here is thousands of hours (and dollars) have been spent on this. It has been studied to death! Not a rock has been left unturned! What happened to the study? In early 1987 we, the committee members, were issued two sentence letters saying "ciau (chow) for now"...I got a letter like that from an old girlfriend nearly 20 years ago...haven't heard from her since! Nothing happens! Latter 1987 - in comes Gerry Jonkeer and Bryan Davies! Presidents of Port Perry unite! The politicians are certainly do- ing nothing with this recreational thing. There are grants available from various sources, as well as private donations...let's do it ourselves...But we need the sup- port of Council...because it is Township land we want to build on...for the people of the Township of Scugog! Gerry Jonkeer and the others have spent their own money, and time researching other facilities around the Province. (Smaller communities than ours have some very active facilities). With Day Care, Crafts, all sports, ex- ercise, conference and banquet facilities, administration centre (Did someone say to incorporate Civic administration)? Why not? It was alluded to in the newspaper clipping that new Township offices will take precedence over the needs of our children, working parents and students! You know...Tax- payers...the people who pay for all this (We could set up badmin- ton nets in the new council chambers). Why don't we put the idea of new Township offices out to a study? A needs and impact study? I've gone on too long! I attend- ed an Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce luncheon the other day to hear about a "study" commis- sioned by the Province of Ontario on Rent Controls. They spent $4,000.00 of our money on this study...and then buried it too. Like I say...Politicians and Politics...doesn't it go around and around...on our money! I would appreciate a reaction from you, the readers on all this. My address is P.O. Box 1527, Port Perry. Respectfully, Brian Callery, Citizen Bad vibs for Craig To The Editor: When my husband and I decid- ed to re-locate our family to On- tario last year, we chose Port Perry, not only for it's beauty but also it's seemingly old fashioned values. The recent Craig Russell entertainment, however, offered at the Town Hall as a fundraising event certainly has left a decided- ly different flavour. This show, greatly applauded by your reviewer, is hardly in keeping with the values that Port would seem to espouse. Surely the Town Hall Board could have put forth other fundraising ideas that would have brought a little digni- ty with the performance. Let's hope the Town Hall's first adult entertainment is it's last. Entertainment that we could all view as a family without embar- rassment would be welcome by many: Mr. & Mrs. Patillo, R.R. 5, Sunderland. Big Brothers up-date To The Editor: Although February may seem a long while back, we thought your readers would appreciate an up-date on the 'Bowl for Millions' fundraiser for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, North Durham. Our prize winners were: Carol Jackson, Reid Stainton and San- dra Wills. After expenses, our net income was $2000, less than previous years, so watch for another event this fall. ; Thanks to all who were involv- ed in "Bowl for Millions." If you are interested in becom- ing a Little Brother or Sister or volunteering as a Big Brother or Big Sister, please call 985-3733. We need Board members, too. Pat Duchemin, President Big Sisters/Big Brothers North Durham The final word on housing proposal To The Editor: This is further to my letter relating to the 'Oak Meadows" proposal. It is not my intention to utilize your paper for a forum of debate with one, Rodney Dewell, and this therefore is my final letter on the matter. I neither requested Mr. Dewell's suggestion nor do I in- tend to lend credibility to his selective reading of my previous correspondence. To state that I wrote without considering the issue is not only incorrect but shows a sad lack of comprehen- sion. My mention of schools was in the context of a cost generaliza- tion inclusive of the alternative of school buses. Mr. Dewell's at- tempt to disparage my objective comments through the introduc- tion of other issues which were in- tentionally not addressed by me, illustrates the weakness of his position. If Mr. Dewell is unhappy about other developments then so be it, however, following HIS logic (?) of increased tax revenue through increased residential building, the Township of Scugog should have enjoyed startling surpluses leading indirectly to reductions in tax payable overall given the number of new homes built over the past few years! But if taxes have been reduced it is not ap- parent to me. Yours truly, Keith A. Charles, Port Perry: ROA Far SSR Cu SR i rad al by J. Peter Hvidsten Random Jottings INN CROWD - THE SEQUEL Debbie Jones, head "honcho" for this years edition of Festival Days has been after me for the past couple of weeks to give the Thursday night "British Bash" dance being held in the Festival Tent a plug, so here goes! Following last years very successful Inn Crowd dance, organizers of this years Great Britain Festival Days have decided to bring back the popular 60's DJ-duo of Bill Ballinger and myself for a one-night- stand. It was estimated that over 800 people packed the tent at the lakefront last summer to listen to the songs they grew up to during the late 50's, 60's and 70's, while Ballinger and Hvidsten spun their isCS. For those who are new to the area, or those who forget what the "Inn Crowd" was, let me refresh your memories. In the Inn Crowd was one of the most popular teen dances in the area when it started in the mid 1960's and made its home in the Uxbridge music hall during the winter and in an old exhibit building at the fairgrounds in the summer. From 1966 to 1972 thousands of teenagers, many from Port Perry and area attended the Inn Crowd dances on a regular basis, many meeting jheir future brides or grooms on the popular dance oor. Last summer Pete and Bill re-united for one night during Festival Days and the tremendous de & popularity of the dance prompted organizers to bring them back again this summer. The dance will be promoted as a "British Bash" and although the entire night will not be devoted to British "pop rock", there will be a number of special sets bringing you the sounds of the Beatles, Dave Clark Five, Rolling Stones, Jerry and the Pacemak- ers, The Monkeys and many, many more. The remainder of the evening will be devoted to bringing patrons the best sounds of the 50's, 60's and 70's. It should be another great night and you won't want to miss this exciting dance. Cost of admission is the same as it was in 1966, just one dollar. (the best value in town) We invite all old "Inn Crowders" and anyone who just enjoys the sounds of good old "rock & roll" music to join Bill and | for one more nostalgic night with the Inn Crowd. Hope we'll see you there! NEED QUICK SETTLEMENT The strike at the Scugog Township office is now entering its second week and there is apparently no movement by either side. Details on the strike are available in a front page story and a editorial in this week's Star, so | will not go into any details here. Instead | would like to re- flect on the possible ramifications of this strike. To the best of my knowledge there has always been a good working relationship between senior management and staff at the township office al- though I'm sure there have been problems and dif- ferences of opinions between them in the past. But that is not uncommon to any business, be it government or private enterprise, and problems are normally worked out with a little give and take by both parties. Scugog Township seems to have had a history of not paying its employees as well as other sur- rounding municipalities, and it quite probable that the staff in our municipal office deserve more than they are now earning. By joining a union the staff has told council that they want to be treated fairly, but they should not try to pick-up the entire amount at once. If they had accepted the townships offer, they would earn $2,000 more this year than they did last year. That's not a bad pay increase for one year, but it still leaves them far short of their demands. Regardless of what happens in this strike, the wounds caused by both parties taking a hard line, are going to take a long time to heal. The respect and comradery among the staff and management will have eroded and both parties will find it very un- comforatable for some time to come. This strike should have never happened, and the staff should have never felt it necessary to join a union. If both parties had been a little more willing to listen, there would be no picket line in front of the municipal office today. What we need now is for common sense to pre- vail, get both parties back to the bargaining table and put an end to this strike. PEE A